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Support for napper? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

headrest

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'support for napper?' is the definition.
'headrest' can be an answer for 'support' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'for napper?' bit.

'support for napper?' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'rest' (e.g. a shoulder rest is a support for shoulder).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'napper?' becomes 'head' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rest' put after 'head' is 'HEADREST'.

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(Other definitions for headrest that I've seen before include "Cushion on top of car seat" , "support to chairman?" , "With capital support" , "Capital supporter" , "Chair back support" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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